I could have forgiven it if he'd fallen desperately in love with someone and gone off with her. I should have thought that natural. I shouldn't really have blamed him. I should have thought he was led away. Men are so weak, and women are so unscrupulous.
The narrator reflects on a man's departure from a relationship and expresses a sense of resignation regarding human emotions. They suggest that if the man had left for love, it would have been more understandable and even forgivable. The narrator feels that such actions are a part of human nature and would find it reasonable to blame the situation rather than the man himself.
This perspective reveals a belief in the...